The National Park System celebrated its centennial in 2016. The anniversary caused many parks to take stock of their facilities and determine how they’ll serve increasing numbers of visitors in the future. In that centennial year, Xanterra Parks and Resorts, which holds the concession contract for lodging at the Grand Canyon and several other western parks, announced a $30-million renovation of the Maswik South lodging facilities, part of the larger Maswik complex at the south rim of the Grand Canyon.
“This is the first major lodging improvement to take place in decades at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon,” said Mia Bell, general manager for Xanterra’s Grand Canyon South operations. “And getting underway during the centennial year of Grand Canyon National Park makes the investment all the more momentous.”